Merchandise Planner

Company Description

Group Atallah

SSENSE (pronounced [es-uhns]) is a global technology platform operating at the intersection of culture, community, and commerce. Headquartered in Montreal, it features a mix of established and emerging luxury brands across womenswear, menswear, kidswear, and Everything Else.

SSENSE has garnered critical acclaim as both an e-commerce engine and a producer of cultural content, generating an average of 100 million monthly page views. Approximately 80% of its audience is between the ages of 18 to 40. It is privately held and has achieved high double digit annual growth and profitability since its inception.

**Job Description**:
**Merchandise Planning Operations
- 80%**
- Create and maintain plans for a portfolio of brands to achieve set KPI’s for the department
- Drive sales growth by analyzing and replenishing inventory needs on a weekly basis
- Meet replenishment monthly target and explain deviations to plan to the Manager, Merchandise Planning
- Provide regular feedback to the Manager, Merchandise Planning on any risks/opportunities and monthly reconciliation to OTB targets
- Create and maintain performance reports to analyze sales, margin and inventory on a regular basis
- Work collaboratively with Buyers to effectively review the budget by assessing the performance of the business and developing key brand strategies in order to meet plan
- Provide forecasts for future monthly inventory needs to vendors in order to ensure a healthy replenishment cadence
- Communicate big reorders to the buying team on a weekly basis to provide visibility on replenishment needs and ensure alignment between both teams
- Work collaboratively with Merchandise Planning Business Analyst by providing quantitative and qualitative feedback on the forecasting models
- Collaborate with buying team to inform budget on newness
- Conduct monthly business review meetings and review key initiatives or analysis with the buying team in order to provide insights on the business and drive actions
- Work collaboratively with the Manager, Merchandise Planning and/or team to ensure deadlines are met

**Projects & Initiatives - 20%**
- Participate in reviewing and improving the planning processes, templates, and tools on an ongoing basis to drive efficiency gains and planning accuracy
- Participate in cross-functional projects, working with stakeholders towards collective goals
- Develop additional ad hoc reports and analysis to support business needs

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, or a related field
- A minimum of 3-5 years merchandise planning experience, preferably in the retail, e-commerce or replenishment industry
- Strong understanding of merchandising strategies for beauty, home, technology and activity categories
- Knowledge of luxury, retail or e-commerce, an asset
- Advanced skills using Microsoft Excel
- Knowledge of Tableau, an asset
- Excellent English written and verbal communication skills, French is an asset

**SKILLS**
- Highly analytical and detailed oriented
- Creative thinker with excellent problem solving abilities
- Strong retail math, financial planning and forecasting skills
- Strong sense of teamwork and ability to multitask
- Ability to thrive in a fast paced and high growth environment